SCOTUS Limits Suits Over Medical Devices

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled this morning on the case of Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. The issue before the court was whether patients and their representatives can sue medical device manufacturers in state courts over devices that have been federally approved, or as it was presented in the court, “whether Section 360k(a) of the Medical Device Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempts State law claims seeking damages for injuries caused by a device that received pre-market approval.”
In an 8-1 decision SCOTUS sided with Medtronic. We can pretend that we understand the reasoning behind the decision, but we won’t.